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Madeleine Niebauer

CEO & FoundervChief

Madison, WI

Member Since September 2019

Skills

Executive Leadership
Strategic Planning
Business Operations

About

Madeleine Niebauer founded vChief in 2016 to provide chief of staff support to busy executives on a part-time or interim basis. Maddy is a seasoned executive with two decades of experience across the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Madeleine spent 5 years as a Chief of Staff at Teach For America, working virtually with a member of the organization's leadership team. She loved the fast-paced, ever-changing nature of the work, and the ability to truly leverage a leader's time so they could be more productive and successful. She knew many leaders could benefit from this service on a part-time basis, which inspired her to launch vChief. Most recently, Madeleine was the Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Operations at Teach For America. Prior to joining TFA, Madeleine was a strategy consultant for foundations and nonprofit organizations at The Bridgespan Group, a spin-off of Bain and Co. Earlier in her career, Madeleine managed a tutoring center with SCORE! Educational Centers and served in the Peace Corps in Ivory Coast. Madeleine earned a BA with honors from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia Business School, where she was president of the Social Enterprise Club. She was recently the Vice Chair of the board of directors for One City Early Learning Centers. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin and has three elementary aged daughters, who all share her love of globetrotting, camping, and family fun.

Published content

5 Reasons Why Every Business Owner Should Do Scenario Planning

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This underutilized exercise can help improve resiliency.

A Three-Step Game Plan For Navigating Economic Uncertainty

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Adopt a balanced strategy of managing costs wisely and investing in growth for optimal resilience in economic downturns.

Tips For Political Organizations Using Fractional Support During An Election Year

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The uncertainty associated with political funding can leave some organizations looking for flexible staffing solutions to help alleviate capacity issues.

Seeking The Player-Coach: How Early-Stage Ventures Can Leverage Fractional Executives

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Think of the player-coach as a masterful blend of mentorship and action—someone who guides the journey of a business while also rolling up their sleeves to do the work. 

Three Crucial Mindset Shifts When Navigating Asynchronous Work

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To ensure a smooth transition and effective implementation of an asynchronous work schedule, it’s essential to embrace three key mindset shifts.

How To Build A Successful Business And Maintain A Work-Life Balance

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If you want to build a business that’s still around in five or 10 years, I believe balancing your life and work is the smartest way to grow both your impact and revenue.

Company details

vChief

Company bio

vChief is a virtual chief of staff service supporting leaders from all sectors and domains, who are looking for high-level strategic support but who don't need or may not have resources for a full time staff member in the role. We help align our client's time with their personal and organizational priorities, ensuring it is maximized. We lead strategic planning, manage projects, support internal and external communications, plan events & conferences, and create systems and processes that enable teams to operate at peak capacity. Using a collaborative needs assessment, we work with clients to identify the areas in which they and their organizations need the most support, and direct our efforts to those areas, to ensure executives time is focused where they can make the most impact.

Industry

Management Consulting

Area of focus

Virtual chief of staff support
interim staffing solutions

Company size

11 - 50